Train-order holder



Aug. 24,1926. 1,597,146

H` R. CRIST ET AL TRAN ORDER HOLDER Filed Feb. 15, 1926 anun/1u, y

Patented ug. 24, 1926.

' UNITED STATES PATENT oFF1cE.

HARVEY R. CRIST AND ARTHUR PATTERSON, OF TAMPA, KAN SAS.`

TRAIN-ORDER HOLDER.

YApplication led February Our invention relates to train order holders for delivering orders and messages to moving trains and the mechanism is so constructed that the engineer and conductor of a train may receive orders from a local station without stopping. i i

A further object is to provide anV apparatus of this character which may, when not in use, be removed from the right of way, so that it will not be in the way of passengers boarding or leaving a train.

A further object is to improve and simplify apparatus of this character, so that it may be constructed at small cost, is positive in operation and not likely to get out of order.

In order that the invention maybe fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus in operative position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus, and

Fig. 3 is a detail of one of the message or dispatch holders. y

Referring now in detail to the different parts. 2 designates a. standard which is removably mounted in a socket member` 4 sunk into the ground and provided with aV hinged lid@ whereby said socket member may be closed to exclude dirt and other foreign matter when the standard 2 is removed.

8 and 10 designates cross bars secured respectively, te the intermediate and upper portions of the standard 2. Said cross bars 8 and 10 are provided with horizontal arms 12 and 14 which are secured to said cross arms byhinges 16 and 1a8, respectively, so that said arms may swing to the right and 40 left.-

Normally the arms l2 and 14 are held at an angle of approximately ninety degrees to the cross bars 8 and 10 by coil springs 20 and 22, respectively. The springs 2O are connected to the arm 12 through the intermediacy of eyes 24 and to the cross bar 8 through the intermediacy of slides 26 and links 28.

The springs 22 are connected to the arm 14 through the intermediacy of eyes 30. and to the cross barlO through the intermediacy of slides 32 and links 34. The arms 12 and 14 have sockets 36 to receive the stems 38 of annular message or dispatch holders 40,

15, 1926. serial No. 88,373.

to which the train orders 4l are secured by clips or other suitable fastening means 42. 'When the standard 2 is in position the 4upper holder 40 is supported within convenient reach of the engineer, and the lower y holder 4 0 within convenient reach of the conductor of a passing train, so that said holders with the messages secured thereto may be removed without stopping the train. As the holders 40 are grasped, the arms 12 and 14 are swung laterally in the direction in which the train is traveling so that the stems 38 will readily slide from the sockets 36 without jar to the apparatus or shock to the engineer or conductor. As the arms l2 and 14 swing laterally as stated, the springs 2O and 22 on the side .in the direc-tion in which' said arms swing, offer no resistance to the swinging .movement as the associate links 28 and 34 move freely to the far ends of the associate slides 26 and 32, see dotted line Fig. 2, while the springs 20 and 22 at the opposite sides of the respective arms 12 and 14 are stretched and return said arms to normal position immediately after removal of the holders 40.

After the messages have been delivered the apparatus may be removed from the socket member 4 and put away in a coni venient place for futureV use.

From the foregoing description it is apparentthat we have provided an apparatus embodying the advantages above pointed out, and while we have shown and described the preferred construction, combination and arrangement of parts, we reserve all rights to such modifications thereof as properly,1 fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

An apparatus of the class described consisting of a standard, a cross bar secured to said standard, an arm mounted to swine.r to the right and left upon said cross bar, slides fixed to the cross bar, and coil springs movably connected to said slides and to opposite sides of said arm for yieldably holding the same in normal position.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

HARVEY R. CRIST.

ARTHUR PATTERSON. 

